Letter to the Editor: Cannabis a safe alternative

Published 2:05 pm, Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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Here in this state there has been a dramatic increase in the number of drug overdoses and related deaths. Synthetic opiates like Oxycontin, Fentanyl and others, as well as amphetamines like Adderall and Ritalin or benzodiazapines like Xanax and Valium, as well as the withdrawal symptoms they present when absent, are no longer being respected as the temporary crutch they need to be. Getting off these drugs is nearly impossible for some and often not an option for others. It has become an epidemic and its taking the people we love from us. With this horrible epidemic that is sweeping our nation is another — cancer! Cancer taking the ones we love far sooner than they deserve. Neither of these epidemics offers an immunity, no social or economic class can be free of these “diseases” and it seems to me large industry just wants them to flourish and continue to finance their corporations.

With election season in the minds of Americans and a seemingly never-ending war, there has never been a more destitute moment in the history of our nation. The votes of the masses are the only way to outweigh the decisions of the few. With all the suffering this nation is going through the one thing everyone strives for is ... comfort! Comfort that our loved ones love us and the comfort as we have their best interest in minds, they have ours. Without that comfort, it must be found through numbing of the senses, that is addiction. In the end, why are we denying the ones we love a safe alternative to the deadly pharmaceuticals that have ravaged our once great nation? Why have we as a nation cast out the same thinking that conceived this republic? Please support the legalization of cannabis.